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Tailings Pond Dewatering and Consolidation by Electroosmosis/electrophoresis.

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  • Personal Author:
    Kelsh, D. J.
  • Description:
    The U.S. Bureau of Mines and others have shown that application of direct current between buried electrodes can effectively and economically dewater a variety of tailings materials that are not responsive to other treatment methods. Thus, tailings pond stability and capacity can in many cases be substantially enhanced by consolidating the finely divided solids into a firm, moist composite. This paper summarizes laboratory and field test results on metal mine slimes and coal waste sludges, and includes an engineering plan and cost estimate for consolidating coal wastes in a 110-acre pond to one-half their present volume. Desired physical properties of responsive tailings are delineated. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  • Subjects:
  • Series:
    Mining Publications
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Division:
    SRC - Spokane Research Center
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    221-227
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:10007707
  • Citation:
    Proc of the Western Reg Symp on Mining & Min Proc Wastes Berkeley SME 1990 :221-227
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    1990
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Source Full Name:
    Proc. of the Western Reg. Symp. on Mining & Min. Proc. Wastes, Berkeley; SME, 1990, PP. 221-227
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
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